Abortion rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 y

How the Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Connects to Civil and Voting Rights

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 7, 2022

Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks about how the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade connects to civil rights, and the importance of voting rights as states will now regulate reproductive rights.

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